BeeFef's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Glitch]

sounds like you took a piece of audio, converted it to a bitmap, mangled it in an image editor, and then converted it back into an audio file

Nemira responds:

i actually have no idea how to do that, i just made it from scratch with serum

[Phytoplankton (scrapped)]

That's a cool beat. I can hear the Aphex Twin infuence. I also like the ambient pads and the way you panned some of the sound fx over to different sides whinch makes it ultra-stereo sounding. It looks like the song could be mastered a bit louder, which isn't too much of a problem depending on what you're doing with this, but yeah, good song, good vibe! Keep making music!

[Neon Dragons]

This is really hardcore! I like the drop, but I think the snare takes a little too long to come in and delays the rhythm too much. Vocal samples were cool and mostly on beat. I also like the layering of the different instruments and how they fit together in the mix, especially with the way you compressed them. Another thing I think you could improve on is getting the track to pop out a little more, like getting it to have a wider stereo feel to it.

The ending was wrong about this song. I think it was great. Good luck in the contest!

[Geoplex - Affinity]

This song is awesome! Reminds me of MitiS except it's less generic. I love the dynamics that come in on the ultrasaw chords at 1:03. It supplements the melody really well.

By the way, do you make you own drums? I'd really like to know how if you do

Geoplex responds:

Thanks man. I do make my own drums (though not my hihats, just my kicks and snares). It's all just synthesis, distortion and compression. Mostly sine sweeps and noise. If you want to know more, Au5 has some extremely excellent tutorials on the subject on YouTube.

[Rie Takahashi - Bouya no Yume Yo (NiTi Trance Remix)]

I like the sounds. The vocals sound rich and pretty well mixed. The songs a bit slow to progress though and I think needs some extra complexity. The bass that came in around 6:30 could use some slight delay/reverb also to make it sound less like a simple digital sound. Good remix. Keep it up

TodukenMusic responds:

Thanks for your feedback :)

[A Final Dream]

Loving this! Love the fat bass and the drumbeat and how it pairs with the rest of the sounds, especially the second part. Also, how did you get the vocal bit in the middle and end of the song and the trumpet? One little thing that I would improve though is not making it abruptly cut off at the end. This must've had a lot of work put into it and lots of tracks! I'm impressed

Akaruhime responds:

Thank you, glad ya like and I'll try working on that! as for the Vocal n trumpets tis all thanks to synthesizers, samples and some other fx's.

[Yeti]

Good production and sounds. One thing I would suggest is to add some variety because it's a bit repetitive a lot of the time and maybe not make the panning so harsh in the beginning, even though it's a good idea. good work

12HarmonicChaos responds:

thank you! I totally agree, I was trying to figure that out myself...i just reuploaded with some more complex drums and redid the intro...you're right, the intro sounds so much better without the hard panning....drums could still use some work, but maybe another day :)

[T-Logic - Petrichor]

Sounds nice and calming, seems like sort of a background track to me. The guitar or whatever that instrument was that came in at 0:43 sounds sort of unfinished like it's being played on a keyboard. I would've liked to hear some more variation in the dynamics and maybe some delay or something. I like it!

TaintedLogic responds:

Thanks! I totally agree with your criticisms. The guitar is a preset from DirectWave. I probably should've modified it more. Thanks again for the review! ^^

[Lyra]

40 hours well spent. I like how rich this sounds. The distorted snare during the main drops could be a bit quieter and less overpowering though

Tennon responds:

I agree lol. The snare is just bad

[Out There]

Reminds me of being above the clouds in an airplane, love it